title: [Advice from the Health Council of the Netherlands: wish and reality].
abstract: On 18 January of this year the Health Council of the Netherlands presented its research agenda for innovative medical products to the Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sports. In its report 'Medical products; new and necessary' the Council describes fifteen health areas in which patients, doctors and nurses believe innovations are necessary. A 'metaprogram' is recommended to stimulate partnership of industry and research. Some comments can be made regarding the way end-users, i.e. patients and health care providers, were consulted concerning the priorities for innovation and the recommended incentives. In addition, these end-users might have assisted in discovering ways to repair 'market failure' of new medical products.
authors.affiliation: Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. rob.vandersande@han.nl
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Sande
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile